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detick

detick verb: to remove ticks (parasitic arachnids) from.

Verb

detick (third-person singular simple present deticks, present participle deticking, simple past and past participle deticked)

  1. (transitive) to remove ticks (parasitic arachnids) from

Forms of detick

third-person singular presentdeticks
present participledeticking
past participledeticked
pastdeticked

Origin of detick

From de- + tick.

Questions about detick

What does detick mean?
Detick means to remove ticks (parasitic arachnids) from.
What part of speech is detick?
Detick is a verb.
What is the past tense of detick?
The past tense of detick is deticked.

Words near detick in the dictionary

  1. dethronize
  2. dethronized
  3. dethronizes
  4. dethronizing
  5. deths
  6. detick
  7. deticked
  8. deticking
  9. deticks
  10. DeTilly
  11. detin

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